Fluticasone in mild to moderate atopic dermatitis relapse: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: The long-term efficacy of corticosteroids to prevent atopic dermatitis (AD) relapses has partially been addressed in children. This study compared an intermittent dosing regimen of fluticasone propionate (FP) cream 0.05% with its vehicle base in reducing the risk of relapse in children with stabilized AD.

Syphilitic alopecia: a report of 5 cases and a review of the literature.

Syphilitic alopecia occurs in only 4% of patients with syphilis. We present 5 cases of this uncommon manifestation and review the corresponding literature. All of the patients in our series were men aged between 31 and 46 years.

Sensitization in early age to food allergens in children with atopic dermatitis.

Background: Clinical and laboratory evidence increasingly supports the notion that food allergy plays a role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD). However, the prevalence of clinically significant food hypersensitivity among children with AD remains an unanswered question.

Objective: To prospectively determine the prevalence of IgE-mediated food hypersensitivity among patients referred to a dermatology department for evaluation of AD, and to analyze the clinical relevance of these sensitizations in AD.

[Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis].

Introduction: The aim of this work is to reflect the clinical experience of the Dermatology Department of Hospital General in Valencia with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) or Lyell's syndrome over the last 15 years.

Methods: Data on epidemiology, likely causal agents, complementary tests, concomitant pathologies, management, evolution and complications was gathered through a retrospective study.

Results: Thirteen patients were included, with a mean age of 53 years.

[Validation of the Spanish version of the Psoriasis Disability Index questionnaire in assessing the quality of life of patients with moderate-severe psoriasis].

Introduction: To assess the measurement properties of the Spanish version of the Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI) quality of life questionnaire for patients with moderate or severe psoriasis in ordinary clinical practice.

Patients And Methods: A study was carried out with 294 patients with moderate or severe psoriasis who had received therapeutic treatment. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were collected and the PDI and EuroQoL-5D questionnaires were administered at the baseline visit, and at 3 and 6 months later.

[Tinea capitis by Microsporum audouinii].

We report the case of a four year-old girl from Equatorial Guinea who had been living in Spain for the last month. She presented several alopecic patches on the scalp. The direct study of the hair with 40% KOH showed an ectothrix infection and the mycological study revealed the etiologic agent was Microsporum audouinii.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with onset in early childhood: a case report.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a tumour that grows locally, infiltrating the subcutaneous tissue; it is uncommon in children. We report the case of a 27-year-old man who had had such a lesion from the age of 3 years, and it had enlarged during his lifetime. A wide local excision with margins of 3.

Efficacy of lipectomy and liposuction in the treatment of multiple symmetric lipomatosis.

Background: Multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is a rare disease characterized by enlarging, symmetric, nonencapsulated, fat deposits mainly on the neck and upper trunk. Liposuction and lipectomy, although palliative, are the treatments of choice, especially indicated when vital structures are compromised.

Objective: Our purpose was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of liposuction and lipectomy in the treatment of MSL.